Archive for January, 2008

There will be a debate tonight in Hollywood, amongst the last 2 Presidential candidates. The debate will be held at the Kodak theatre which is about 500 feet from the HL. However I will not be covering the debate, and will not have a report on it when it is over. I won’t be watching the debate on TV because I already know who I am voting for, unfortunately he has already dropped out of the race. The debate will be between candidate number 1, and candidate number 2. It really doesn’t matter who wins the debate between 1 and 2, nor will it matter which one wins the nomination. The reason it will not matter is because they are both in the pockets of big corporations, (and Israel) and neither will have any desire whatsoever to do anything that their corporate masters don’t want them to do, like anything that would benefit anyone or anyting but those corporations. (And nothing will change for the good if either one wins) that is if they win the election which either one of them may well not, becuase Democrats have a history of letting the loser have the win.
Stay tuned for more non stories on the non candidates in the non election.

AP
ORLANDO, Fla. – Following his third place finish in Florida, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani is expected to drop out of the presidential race today and endorse Sen. John McCain.

Last night, Giuliani stopped short of announcing he was stepping down, but delivered a valedictory speech that was more farewell than fight-on.

The former mayor finished a distant third to the winner, McCain, and close second-place finisher Mitt Romney. Republican officials said Giuliani would endorse McCain on Wednesday in California. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in advance of the public announcement.

HL’s Take
Thank God that idiot will not become the next President. Mussolini Jr. can now retire to the multi million dollar business he made to profit of 9/11, Readers of HL’s Comics have known what an A$$hole this guy was all along. Heres one called The Republican Candidates speak: Rudy Giuliani.

LA Times
WASHINGTON — Growing friction between the United States and Russia over Iran is only part of an increasingly difficult relationship that many diplomats and experts consider to be in its worst shape since the end of the Cold War, and at risk of further deterioration.

Although U.S. officials are publicly playing down the rising tension, a series of conflicts has prompted some within the Bush administration to conclude that, for domestic and geopolitical reasons, Russia is now more comfortable with the U.S. as an enemy than an ally.

Dedicated to El Jovani
With a special salutation to Juan Santamaria, Emile Zapata and Séamas Ó Conghaile
PART I

EPISODE 1
William Smythe, the Patron’s servant, sat comfortably. One casually dressed, woolen-trousered leg crossed over the other. In the fireplace, the logs burned, the sap snapping at times. Next to him sat the silver service. The Costa Rican coffee fresh from the grinder sent a light yet pungent aroma about the room. A Mozart sonata tinkled moderately, filling the one-bedroom suite.

Smythe liked the suite. The myriad windows overlooked the park. The northern light outside filled the rooms. It brought out the mahogany of the wood and the depth of the forest-green paper covering the walls.

He liked the wood. It resonated class and solid surroundings. It meant well-spent expense. And he liked expense because it reminded him of his position. Intimately close to money. Money to Smythe meant prestige. Without his proximity to money, he would be just a hired anyone. He had no illusions about that. But with money, now, that was another matter. It was the extension of his Patron’s power, and that made him feel well.

He waited silently, head nodding a bit to Mozart, slightly sipping the brew.

The doorbell chimed nicely.

The Smythe put down the cup and walked to the door. He peered through the view hole, pulled open the thick, oversized door and nodded to the man.

Miguel Flores, known in the clandestine world as The Assassin, moved into the foyer. He paused waiting to be led into the sitting room.

There is a right wing talk Nazi out there somewhere who calls himself Glenn Beck. I don’t know much about him because I would never waste a minute of my life watching, or following what is going on in the career of an a$$hole like him or his kind, but apparently he out Limbaughs Limbaugh. He started off on Nazi talk radio, and was so good at being an insensitive prick that one of the supposed “mainstream” TV networks gave him his own show.
We are not talking a Bill O’Rielly type here, this guy makes the Falalfel boy look like Dennis Kucinich. Anyway, Beck went into the hospital the other day for some routine hemorrhoid Surgery (What is it about these Conservative Nazi windbags and hemorrhoids, maybe it’s because they think with their asses.) and was none too happy with the outcome. He is now whining about how hospitals don’t “care” enough about their patients. He went on one of the network shows with his wife to complain about health care in America.

Up until now Beck has been the type of person who hated anything to do with helping people, or “compassion,” and he especially hated Michael Moore and his movie “Sicko.” When the movie came out Beck attacked Moore viciously, calling the movie “Moore’s hate letter to American health care” and of course he stood up for our medical establishment saying that people around the world would love to have access to our system of health care.

Well I guess Beck, after having to deal with the very system he loved so much before just because it gave him an opportunity to call Michael Moore “fat,” now has a different point of view. That’s how this complete sack of crap rolls, he had no real points to make in his attack of Moore so he plays the fat card like all idiot republicans with no brains. This guy who is not exactly anorexic himself even went so far as to say he wanted to kill Michael Moore with his own two hands. (as if this little wimpy piece of trash could even kill a fly)

Radio host Glenn Beck “thinking about killing Michael Moore”

Clear Channel radio host Glenn Beck said he was “thinking about killing [filmmaker] Michael Moore” and pondered whether “I could kill him myself, or if I would need to hire somebody to do it,” before concluding: “No, I think I could. I think he could be looking me in the eye, you know, and I could just be choking the life out — is this wrong?”

From the May 17 broadcast of The Glenn Beck Program:

BECK: Hang on, let me just tell you what I’m thinking. I’m thinking about killing Michael Moore, and I’m wondering if I could kill him myself, or if I would need to hire somebody to do it. No, I think I could. I think he could be looking me in the eye, you know, and I could just be choking the life out — is this wrong? I stopped wearing my What Would Jesus — band — Do, and I’ve lost all sense of right and wrong now. I used to be able to say, “Yeah, I’d kill Michael Moore,” and then I’d see the little band: What Would Jesus Do? And then I’d realize, “Oh, you wouldn’t kill Michael Moore. Or at least you wouldn’t choke him to death.” And you know, well, I’m not sure.

Hey Beck, too bad the hospital didn’t finish the job on you, you worthless piece of garbage. Maybe they didn’t take better “care” of you because they know what a total piece of S**t you are. Now go and choke on the millions you have made for yourself and all the big corporations you douchebags love so much.
So how do you feel about the movie now a$$hole?

In case you live under a rock and perchance have not noticed that in the recent Democrat debates, Obama, Clinton, Edwards, and Richardson are running for president to stand up for middle-class Americans. Every plan, concoction and soapbox initiative they peddle is for the middle class. From healthcare to ending the war in Iraq they are soldiering forward for that upstanding group in dire danger, middle class America. All of whom are one to two paychecks away from, dare I say it out loud, the dreaded LOWER CLASS or what some call THE POOR. A class that is comprised of people who used to be middle class and others who simply never got the chance to rise above the station life allotted them.

Yet none of the candidates are talking in the debates about THE POOR who consist of roughly twenty-five percent of America and here’s why: They are frequently unemployed and do not have a high school education thus causing many of them to be ignorant of their rights and benefits. If working their income falls below poverty level meaning they make less that 15,000 a year. These two items alone make for an unstable household causing them to move around frequently and thus hard to target for voting campaigns. Often times they do not even have an address, staying with relatives, in cars, homeless shelters, or on the streets. Yet again, not a likely group to vote. And if you factor in lack of transportation, you come up with an entire class being left out of the election machine.

This is unacceptable and is no different than the rich being catered to by the Republicans. We have a quarter of our population disenfranchised and according to John Edwards in the debate on Saturday night, 200,000 of them are homeless veterans. Way to go Edwards, one shout-out to the Poor…now what are you going to do about them?

What I want to know is what kind of programs are these candidates going to initiate to bring in and retain more people in the middle class. They have lots of programs listed on their web sites to combat poverty. Why with 25% of Americans falling into the poverty category are these programs not being discussed in debate on television? The lower class generally does not have access to the Internet, so it is up to these candidates to chat about these items when they are televised. This election is about all of America not just the middle and upper classes.
As Edwards stated, change means doing something different than the current government status quo. Well, if the current Democratic candidates are what we have to choose as leadership, then nothing has changed. It is still the status quo catering only to the upper classes, discussing only those things, which make the United States look like a shiny industrialized nation. Simply ignoring the rest that live in third-world poverty within our own borders.

from Dennis4president.com
DETROIT, MI – Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich, the most outspoken advocate in the Presidential field and in Congress for election integrity, paper-ballot elections, and campaign finance reform, has sent a letter to the New Hampshire Secretary of State asking for a recount of Tuesday’s election because of “unexplained disparities between hand-counted ballots and machine-counted ballots.”

“I am not making this request in the expectation that a recount will significantly affect the number of votes that were cast on my behalf,” Kucinich stressed in a letter to Secretary of State William M. Gardner. But, “Serious and credible reports, allegations, and rumors have surfaced in the past few days…It is imperative that these questions be addressed in the interest of public confidence in the integrity of the election process and the election machinery – not just in New Hampshire, but in every other state that conducts a primary election.”

Also, the reports, allegations, and rumors regarding possible vote-count irregularities have been further fueled by the stunning disparities between various “independent” pre-election polls and the actual election results,” Kucinich wrote. “The integrity, credibility, and value of independent polling are separate issues, but they appear to be relevant in the context of New Hampshire’s votes.”

He added, “Ever since the 2000 election – and even before – the American people have been losing faith in the belief that their votes were actually counted. This recount isn’t about who won 39% of 36% or even 1%. It’s about establishing whether 100% of the voters had 100% of their votes counted exactly the way they cast them.”

Kucinich, who drew about 1.4% of the New Hampshire Democratic primary vote, wrote, “This is not about my candidacy or any other individual candidacy. It is about the integrity of the election process.” No other Democratic candidate, he noted, has stepped forward to question or pursue the claims being made.

“New Hampshire is in the unique position to address – and, if so determined, rectify – these issues before they escalate into a massive, nationwide suspicion of the process by which Americans elect their President. Based on the controversies surrounding the Presidential elections in 2004 and 2000, New Hampshire is in a prime position to investigate possible irregularities and to issue findings for the benefit of the entire nation,” Kucinich wrote in his letter.

“Without an official recount, the voters of New Hampshire and the rest of the nation will never know whether there are flaws in our electoral system that need to be identified and addressed at this relatively early point in the Presidential nominating process,” said Kucinich, who is campaigning in Michigan this week in advance of next Tuesday’s Presidential primary in that state.

Hillary Clinton loses the Iowa Caucasus, was this the first time that the Corporate approved Democrat realized that she was in trouble? Or was it when the poll came out showing her down by 11% in New Hampshire? But not to worry just play the crying card while the entire mainstream media is watching, (they have to have some explanation after all) a little Diebold Magic (or LHS as they are now called) and Presto. The Candidate that corporate America and the mainstream media wanted all along pulls the “Political Upset” of the Century. After it’s over interview some old biddy on network TV who obviously represents everyone in the state. “She really spoke to me, and showed me she is human.” Yep that’s the ticket. And why did Obama concede so early. Is he another Kerry? a hand picked loser. Obama’s still young, he can run again in 8 years right. So now the next few months will be a dog and pony show for the masses. And in the end it will be Hillary by a nose. And if you didn’t KNOW this was going to happen, you haven’t been paying close enough attention. HL.
————————————————————————————————————This is from the best website on the internet concering fair voting Brad Blog

I’m not sure why Obama would have conceded so soon, given the virtually inexplicable turn of events in New Hampshire tonight.

What’s going on here? Before proceeding, I recommend you read the third section of the post I just ran an hour or so ago, concerning the way the ballots are counted in New Hampshire, largely on Diebold optical-scan voting systems, wholly controlled and programmed by a very very bad company named LHS Associates.

Those Diebold op-scan machines are the exact same ones that were hacked in the HBO documentary, Hacking Democracy. See the previous report, as I recommend, which also includes a video of that hack, and footage of the guy who runs LHS Associates.

That said, the the pre-election pollster’s numbers (NOTE: that’s not Exit Polls, but Pre-Election Polls!) were dead-on, for the most part, on the Republican side, as well as on the Democratic side. Except in the do-or-die (for Hillary) Clinton v. Obama race. I’m watching MSNBC right now, and they all seem to agree that the results, for the moment, defy explanation.

I concur.

The result of his purge, is the mindset of the commenters now seen over there. It seems to me they are are begging for a world of hurt, someday, when their candidate doesn’t win, under questionable circumstances. They will, of course, have cornered themselves such that they won’t be able to ask questions themselvses. In the bargain, they are now fostering a culture of fear. Fear of asking questions. Fear of insisting that our democracy be transparent, of the people, by the people and for the people. If it were only themselves they were hurting by fostering that culture, I wouldn’t give a damn. But rest assured, their comments, actions and attitudes will be leveraged, as we move forward, to hurt all of us.

For the record, I am neither a Clinton supporter nor an Obama supporter (nor a supporter of anyone else in the race at this time, in any party.) I am a supporter of the VOTERS. Period. It’s they — us — who could really use some support right about now. I intend to do exactly that. All damned year. No matter how many “tin foil hats” the shortsighted, self-destructive Kossack types, who are behaving like the worst of the Republicans, try to throw at me.

Click through to read the whole Brad Blog story. It’s got all kinds of charts and graphs. Brad is the man when it comes to voting journalism.

Actor Viggo Mortensen, who starred in the “Lord of The Rings” trilogy, and plays a Russian Gangster in “Eastern Promises was so pissed off at ABC for not including Dennis Kucinich in the debate, that he got on a late night flight from California to go campaign with Dennis. There was one network which was willing to acknowledge the presense of the the only candidate which was against the war from day one. The only candidate that voted against funding the war every time. The only candidate whose mission is not to make insurance companies even richer. That network was Fox News, Dennis and Mortensen appeared on Hannity and Colmes, here it is.

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We were inspired by the late great Bartcop.com. The very first thing I did when the site started was to get arrested at the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York. My arrest at the start of a march from The World Trade Center was later ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge. As of May 2014, we are still awaiting the final settlement and conclusion of the case. I posted daily on the blog up until the end of The Bush error, and the site is now run as a news aggretor. Feel free to browse the old postings, pictures, & comics (an HL favorite) It reveals the twisted history of the times. Thanks H.L.